23. The holder of a zoological garden licence shall(1) provide educational activities to enable visitors to learn about the animals kept in captivity and their habitat;
(2) build and maintain every shelter, cage or enclosure in accordance with the plans and specifications referred to in subparagraph 2 of the second paragraph of section 21;
(3) keep the animals in buildings, cages, enclosures or shelters designed or built to prevent any animal attack and any transmission of fatal infectious diseases to an animal or a human;
(4) employ a veterinary surgeon at least 30 hours a week, unless only fish, amphibians or reptiles are kept in captivity; in the latter case, the holder must ensure that their care is supervised by a veterinary surgeon whose contract for services provides for at least 1 visit per month and must employ an animal biological sciences technician or animal health technician;
(5) allow a wildlife protection officer or a person accompanying the officer to take samples from the animals kept in captivity or from the premises on which they are kept;
(6) submit to the Minister, on or before 31 January of each year, a report indicating(a) the number of animals of each species kept in captivity;
(b) the origin of the animals acquired during the year;
(c) the number of animals of each species that were given away, exchanged or loaned and the name and address of each party to the transactions and the transaction dates;
(d) the number of animals of each species that died or that were killed or sold during the year;
(e) the educational activities offered to visitors during the year; and
(f) alterations made to the premises on which the animals are kept in captivity;
(7) maintain a register of the information referred to in subparagraphs b, c and d of paragraph 6 and enter therein, where applicable, the name and address of each party to the transactions and the transaction dates; and
(8) notify without delay a wildlife protection officer upon discovering that an animal has escaped from the zoological garden where it was kept.